Name: Suzukaze Mayo
Kanji: 涼風 真世
Current Troupe: n/a
Role: Otokoyaku
Status: Retired Top Star (1990 - 1993)

Nickname: Kaname
Real name: Morinaga Kaname (森永 佳奈女)
Height: 165cm
Birthday: September 11th, 1960
Blood Type: O
Hometown: Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture
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Debut: 1981 (67th Class) Takarazuka Spring Dance
Troupe History:
1981 - 1993 Moon Troupe


1993: Grand Hotel / Broadway Boys, Otto Kringelein
1993: Lost Angel (Bow Hall), Mephistopheles †
1993: Houjushou / Parfum de Paris (Star) (special guest)
1992: Romance in the Coffee Plantation / Dreamy Fragrance (National Tour), Julio Fernandez
1992: Puck / Memories of You, Puck
1992: Romance in the Coffee Plantation / Dreamy Fragrance, Julio Fernandez
1992: Count Down! (Nippon Seinenkan), David / Kirk
1991: Silver Wolf / Break the Border, Silver
1991: Rose of Versailles: Oscar, Oscar
1991: Count Down 1991 (Bow), David / Kirk (top star debut)
1990: The Kawagiri Bridge / Love Potion, Hanji
1990: Great Expectations / The Modern, Herbert Pocket
1990: Angel's Smile, Devil's Tears / Red Hot Love (National Tour), Mephistopheles
1990: The Rose of Versailles: Fersen, Oscar (Flower - Special Appearance)
1990: Great Expectations / The Modern, Herbert Pocket
1990: Angel's Smile, Devil's Tears / Red Hot Love (National Tour), Mephistopheles
1990: The Red and the Black (Nippon Seinenkan), Julien Sorel (lead role)
1989: Chante, Chante, Chante (Bow Hall - Special Guest)
1989: Angel's Smile, Devil's Tears / Red Hot Love, Mephistopheles
1989: Rose of Versailles -Fersen & Marie-Antoinette-, Oscar (Star - special appearance)
1989: The New Tale of Genji / The Dreamer, Koremitsu / Yugiri
1989: The Red and the Black (Bow Hall), Julien Sorel (lead role)
1988-89: Love and a Foghorn and a Silver Watch / Rainbow Shower, Albert Jackson
1988: Red Flower of Tahiti / Viva! Shiva!, Henry Houston
1988: The Prisoners of Lilac Walls (Bow), Edward Lance (lead role)
1988: Me and My Girl (Chunichi), Jacqueline
1987-88: Me and My Girl, Jacqueline, Bill (alternate cast lead role)
1987: Sword Flash! (Bow Hall / Aoyama Theater / Chuunichi Theater)
1987: Me and My Girl, Jacqueline
1986-87: Paris, That's a Sad Sonata / La Nostalgie, Lauren Costello
1986: Fans of Many Flowers / Sorrow, Latin Woman S
1986: The Other Side of the Dream (Bow Hall), Hans Christian Anderson (lead role)
1985-86: The Legend of the Pulsing Flower / The Swing, Stefano
1985: Sweet Little Rock 'n Roll (Bow Hall), Billy
1985: A Tale of Two Cities / Heat Wave, Pierre
1985: Happy Angel (Bow Hall), Canamel
1984-85: Guys and Dolls, Rusty Charley
1984: A Narrow Road of Daphne / The Revue II, Dairoku
1984: I am What I am (Bow Hall / Parco Theater / Chunichi)
1983-84: Soaring Arabian Nights / Heart Jack, Arabesque Guy
1983: Poem of the Wild Chrysanthemum (Bow Hall), Yasu
1983: Love and Spears and a Box of a Thousand Ryou (Bow Hall), Juukichi
1983: Spring Dance / Moonlight Romance
1983: My Miracle (Bow Hall)
1982-83: Limitless Love / Passionate Barcelona
1982: I Love Music II (Bow Hall)
1982: Ciboulette (Bow Hall)
1982: Drops From the Wearying Mountain / Joli Chapeau
1981: The Viking of Capri / The Big Apple

† took place between the Grand Theater and Tokyo run of Grand Hotel / Broadway Boys


1987-88: Me and My Girl
1987: Me and My Girl, Bill (lead role)
1986-87: Paris, That's a Sad Sonata, Jeff Costello (lead role)
1986: Sorrow, Roy Cronin (lead role)
1985-86: The Legend of the Pulsing Flower, Jean Mario Valentine (lead role)
1985: A Tale of Two Cities, Sydney Carton (lead role)
1984-85: Guys and Dolls, Nathan Detroit
1984: A Narrow Road of Daphne, Hannosuke (lead role)
1983-84: Soaring Arabian Nights, Kamararzaman/Abriza (lead role)
1983: Moonlight Romance, Michel (lead role)
1982: Passionate Barcelona, Raphael
1982: Drops From the Wearying Mountain
1981: The Viking of Capri


1993: Invitation of Fantasy Night
1993: '93 TMP Music Festival - Youth Forever!
1992: '92 TMP Music Festival - Songs in Your Heart
1991: Sweetest Night
1991: '91 TMP Music Festival - Ethno Pops
1990: '90 TMP Music Festival - Sound In Big City
1989: Starlight Fantasy
1989: '89 TMP Music Festival - That's Movie! II
1988: '88 TMP Music Festival - Eternal Pops
1987: '87 TMP Music Festival - La Chanson
1986: '86 TMP Music Festival - That's Movie!
1985: '85 TMP Music Festival - Welcome to Broadway
1984: '84 TMP Music Festival - Singing 70 Years of Takarazuka


2024: The Rose of Versailles 50th Anniversary (OG Performance)
2019: The Rose of Versailles 45th Anniversary (OG Performance)
2019: Elisabeth, Sophie (triple-cast with Tsurugi Miyuki and Kouju Tatsuki)
2018: The Bridges of Madison County, Francesca (with Ayano Kanami)
2015: Der Besuch der alten Dame, Claire (with Haruno Sumire)
2014: Celebration 100! Takarazuka - Special Guest (07/06 - 08/06)
2014: Lady Bess, Kat Ashley (with Hanafusa Mari, Mirai Yuuki and Kazune Miou)
2014: Musical Songs Collection in Theatre Creation 2014
2013: Romeo & Juliette, Lady Capulet
2011: Romeo & Juliette, Lady Capulet
2010: Rebecca, Mrs. Danvers
2010: Mozart!, Baronin von Waldstätten
2008: Elisabeth, Elisabeth
2007: Mozart!, Baronin von Waldstätten
2006: Marie Antoinette, Marie Antoinette
2004: Like the Serpent and the Scorpion, Yoshida Shioko
2004: TCA Special OG Version - Golden Memories

• She was in several Broadway musicals, including 42nd Street and Me and My Girl.
• She was in several TV dramas.
• She was a seiyuu (voice actor) for anime and video games, often playing male roles. Note: Joe from Black Jack's 1996 Gekijouban (Motion Picture) looks like a male's name but she was a female character Joe Carol Brain.
• She played in various Kunze and Levay shows: "Marie Antionette" (2006), "Mozart!" (2007/2010), "Elisabeth" (2008), "Rebecca" (2010).

1993: Suzukaze Mayo Sayonara Photo Book
1991: Kaname


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• Graduated 9th in the 67th class.
• Played lead role of Oscar in Rose of Versailles three times; Bill in Me and My Girl both in shinjin kouen and honkouen; Julien Sorel in The Red and The Black twice. As well as secondary characters Jacqueline in Me and My Girl and Mephistopheles in Angel's Smile, Devil's Tears three times each. (Also another Mephistopheles in Lost Angel.)
• In 2004, she married former rugby player Imaizumi Kiyoshi but she did not change her family name. She mentioned when she was a guest in the talk show KuriCream, on air Nov, 12th, 2014 that when Imaizumi proposed to her she told him that she was not comfortable changing her last name, and Imaizumi agreed that he will change his last name to hers instead. They divorced in 2010.
• Well-know as a voice actor for her lead male role of Himura Kenshin in anime "Rurouni Kenshin".
• Asano Kayo, former Moon Troupe top musumeyaku, was her big fan and chose her stage name based on Suzukaze's stage name. Miya Rurika also became her fan after watching The Kawagiri Bridge / Le Poison.
• Comes from Miyagi Prefecture and has been appointed as a "Miyagi Dream Ambassador".